Chhattisgarh Woman Sets Male Friend on Fire After He Refuses Marriage Proposal
News 18A jilted lover, with the help of her mother, set her boyfriend on fire after he refused to marry her in Chhattisgarh’s Koriya. According to police, the victim, Vedprakash, with severe burn injuries, was found by passersby near Talwapara village under Kotwali police station jurisdiction in mid-August. “He succumbed to his injuries during treatment at the Kalra Burnt Hospital in Raipur on August 26,” said a police officer stationed at Kotwali police station. “In the complaint filed by the Vedprakash’s parents, they have stated that a 21-year-old woman and her mother set their son on fire after he refused to marry.” A relative of Vedprakash told the media that the victim and the girl knew each other for the last few months. The girl and her mother set him on fire after he refused to marry,” said a police officer.